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Back to news homeAs Apple’s App Store expands price points options, RevenueCat rolls out A/B price testing tools
Just a day after Apple announced a revamp of its App Store pricing policy to introduce 700 new price points, subscription platform RevenueCat is rolling out a new feature that […]
YouTube ends the test asking users to get a premium subscription to watch 4K videos
Earlier this month, YouTube ran an experiment where it asked some free users to upgrade to a premium account to watch videos in 4K resolution. The company has now ended […]
Daily Crunch: Meta backs SMB e-commerce app launched by former Facebook engineering manager
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello, Crunchers! Wait, that’s kind of a […]
Peloton is increasing its subscription fees starting June 1
Peloton announced today that it’s increasing the price of its subscription fees in the United States and Canada. Starting June 1, the cost of the company’s all-access plan is increasing […]
Subscript wants to rid the world of subscription revenue metric spreadsheets
Sidharth Kakkar knows all about the pain of relying on a giant spreadsheet. While building his previous company, Freckle Education, it got to the point where the master spreadsheet full […]
How to claim a student discount for Extra Crunch
Students can get access to Extra Crunch at a discounted rate of $50/year (plus tax). Here’s how to claim the discount: Use a .edu or university email address and send […]
Twitter teases its upcoming ‘premium’ service, which it plans to release globally
Would you pay for an upgraded Twitter? That’s a question Twitter will soon answer when it rolls out a new subscription service that will present users with an expanded feature […]
Reminder: Student, non-profit, and government discounts available for Extra Crunch
Students, government employees, and members of non-profit organizations can get access to Extra Crunch at a discounted rate of $50/year (plus tax). That’s 50% off our annual price point. You’ll […]
Top 100 subscription apps grew 34% to $13B in 2020, share of total spend remained the same
Apps saw record downloads and consumer spending in 2020, globally reaching somewhere around $111 billion to $112 billion, according to various estimates. But a growing part of that spend was […]